I think I tried ifconfig a few days ago and it didn't work.
I'll try it again and let you know.  It ran silent with no effect.

Patrick



On Jun 9, 11:28 am, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> I've found that the ifup/ifdown commands are distro-specific.  Some distros
> allow it and some don't.  The 'ifconfig <interface> up/down' is universal.
> I believe it's the command that actually executes when ifup/ifdown is
> issued.  I hope I haven't made the issue clear as mud.
>
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> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > In Windows you use Fn-F2 at the same time.  My book must have the
> > wrong
> > info.  I'll try "ifconfig wlan0 up" instead of "ifup wlan0".
>
> > THX.
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> > On Jun 9, 10:25 am, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 08:14:35AM -0700, Patrick wrote:
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> > > > Hello,
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> > > > What is a surefire way of turning on and off the wlan0 when not in
> > > > use ?
> > > > I have tried some commands but they didn't work of course.  Most of
> > > > the
> > > > time the wlan0 is not in use and could be turned off.
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> > > > Thanks,
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> > > What have you tried?  Define off.  You can delete the configuration, or
> > > just disable it, remove the kernel module, pop the card out of the
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